|AÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» |Aº ^0Diskussion |AºÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ^1Blue Notes |AÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͺ ^0Diskussion |Aº |AÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ Dear Big Blue Disk, On disk 31 there is comment about the learning process by a retired doctor. I wonder if he, and others, are aware that many colleges and universities have opportunities for seniors over 60 or 65 to audit classes? The only cost involved is for necessary lab materials and texts. As an auditor, you do not have to be concerned with the final grade and can put your full energies on learning the material presented. Note of caution though, apply well in advance for any computer instruction classes as auditors usually are accepted on a space available basis. Computer classes are usually limited to the number of machines available. Much of my interest and capabilities were generated when I audited a fifteen week course entitled "Introduction to Computers" at the University of Maine where I am a part-time instructor. (Oh yes, younger instructors at many universities earn the right to audit courses at no charge too!) A superb text on the beginner level that helped me immensely is "Computers and Data Processing Today with Basic" by Steven L. Mandell published by West Publishing Company. My copy was first reprinted in 1983. Thanks again for all the great new programs on Big Blue Disk. ^RBill Tolman ^RScarborough, Maine ^1> Thanks for reminding me Bill! Most universities and colleges do offer ^1>free courses for our senior citizens. You will want to contact the school ^1>nearest you for details. |5ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Dear Big Blue Disk, I would like to first tell you how much I enjoy the Big Blue Disk each month. I am not the world's best operator or even user, but I do feel I am getting some of my money's worth when I run your programs. Some of them are hard to understand, for me that is. I am sure to most of your readers the programs must seem simple. Why I am writing is to ask if there is some way you could add a simple command to the disk, so I can place disks in drives A and B and not have to change them so often? I realize when there is a need to copy something I would need both drives, but it seems to me there should be some sort of a command in your program. It would make it a lot simpler for me and my grandchildren, ages 4 to 10. I assume someone will read this and I want to thank them for their time. PS. I have made a program in BASICA and enclosed a copy of what it prints when you answer two questions, name and date of birth. It will print any date from 1890 to 1989. If you think it could be used let me know. ^RGeorge D. Anderson, Jr. ^RGoshen, Ohio 45122 ^1> Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do at this time. When the ^1>current menu for Big Blue Disk was designed, DOS was not as flexible as it is ^1>today. We are working to address this type of problem with the new menu we ^1>are designing for Big Blue. Yes, that's right. There is going to be a new ^1>look to Big Blue sometime in the (hopefully) not too distant future. We are ^1>currently discussing the types of features we should incorporate and once we ^1>can allocate enough time to concentrate our efforts, work should begin. Until ^1>that time, I would ask that you be patient with us. ^1> We always welcome program submissions. All you need to do is send the ^1>program to: ^1> Softdisk, Inc. ^1> P.O. Box 30008 ^1> Shreveport, LA 71130-0008 ^1> Attn: Big Blue Submissions. ^1> ^1>We accept programs written in Turbo C, Turbo Pascal, Quick C, QuickBasic, or ^1>interpreted Basic (which we can compile in QuickBasic). However, all other ^1>compiled languages are acceptable. Use DOS 2.0 or later. Once the ^1>submission is received, we will review it and notify you of our decision as ^1>quickly as possible. |5ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Dear BBD, First of all... Shame on you!! Submarine BBD #30, looks to much like Frigate BBD #22, or maybe it's just my imagination? Second. When I went in to the "Submarine" program and pushed H (Help) it took me into Meteors. Do I smell a virus? Do I have a defective disk? NAAAA What's up Doc, (or 'em I just being a silly rabbit?)? Now for some Kudos......the rest of BBD #30 is up to it's usual A+ standard. you have an excellent product keep up the good work. Fractals was real nice. My wife went through the issue with me and made me go try each and every one. What fun! The report card is a very good idea. What would I like to see in future issues? More utilities. I'm a real sucker for "bells & whistles". I have a problem. I use 1-2-3 v. 2.01 every day. I work for a mortgage banker and must create very long worksheets. My problem is the worksheet capacity is not long enough for me. I've gotten no response from product support, maybe one of you hackin' readers could help me re-write the program. Just one last question. What ever happened to Steve Jobs NeXT computer? I was expecting to see the market flooded with magneto-optical disk drives (CDs), by this time. Now that CDs are common place in the record stores I really expected the computer industry to jump on a 650MB disk. ^RV. "Rusty" Van Leer ^RAlbany, NY ^1> Submarine was written by the same author that wrote Frigate. Though ^1>they both look similar, we felt that there were enough significant differences ^1>to justify publishing Submarine. Try it, you might like it! However, it does ^1>sound like you may have a defective disk. Don't worry, I have already ^1>contacted our Circulation Department and you should be receiving a replacement ^1>copy very soon. Sorry for any inconvenience. ^1> We have been working on several utilities that you should see in ^1>upcoming issues. We have several good utility authors that provide us with ^1>some very good stuff. I think ConvertR and Key Expander Generator contained ^1>in this issue are both excellent utilities. The Kramden Utilities that we ^1>published in Big Blue Disk issues #2 - #11 are still very popular. ^1> I am anxious to see how Steve Jobs' NeXT computer does in the ^1>marketplace. With the kind of money backing this computer system, I'm sure it ^1>won't die a quick death like so many others. The magneto-optical disk drive ^1>contained in the NeXT computer is the type of advancement in disk storage I ^1>have been waiting for. Though CD-ROM can provide the user with excellent disk ^1>capacity, it is still just Read Only. Way too limiting for my tastes!